Lexicon Malkam: Malcham Original Word: מִלְכֹּםPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Malkam Phonetic Spelling: (mal-kawm') Short Definition: Malcham Brown-Driver-Briggs מַלְכָּם proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:9. ᵐ5 B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, ᵐ5L Μελχομ. On Jeremiah 49:1,3; Zephaniah 1:5 see מִלְכֹּם. מִלְכֹּם proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RSSemitic i. 67) — שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים ׳מ 1 Kings 11:5 ("" עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); compare אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֺן ׳מ 1 Kings 11:33 ("" ׳ע + כְּמוֺשׁ), so read also (for ᵑ0 מֹלֶךְ) 1 Kings 11:7 ("" כְּמוֺשׁ); תּוֺעֲבַת ׳מ בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן 2 Kings 23:13 ("" as 1 Kings 11:33); read מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Jeremiah 49:1,3(ᵐ5 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zephaniah 1:5 (ᵑ6 ᵑ9, compare Now), probably 2 Samuel 12:30 = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (see מֶלֶךְ 5d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jeremiah 49:3; compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).
Strong's Malcham, Milcom Or Milkowm {mil-kome'}; from melek for Molek; Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites -- Malcham, Milcom. see HEBREW melek see HEBREW Molek |
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